Ireland, City and Regional Directories, 1847-1946

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About Ireland, City and Regional Directories, 1847-1946

Alexander Thom published the first Thom’s Irish Almanac and Official Directory in 1844. Over the next one hundred years, it grew to include a Dublin street directory, volumes listing the names, addresses, and occupations for residents of other towns and districts in the country, and a wide variety of happenings, institutions, businesses, and departments for Ireland and the UK, including the following:

County fairs and markets in Ireland

Parliamentarian directories

Civil service and law directories for Great Britain

Navy, army, and militia directories

Colonial directories

Universities, colleges, schools

Churches and ecclesiastical directories

County and borough directories

Postal directory

Peerages

Within the collection, you will be able to find names, places and dates of residence and often an occupation is given as well.